From the Conductor's Office of Charlie Irons

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

From the internet to real life!

Pirate versus Ninja about to become reality!

Monday, February 23, 2009

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Steampunk Chuck!

Gothy typyes, as well as other alternative music lovers and various game geeks, are fairly familiur with the term "Steampunk." If not, go have a read about it.

Anyway, with the new swing in the scene going to the land of airship pirates and clockwork robots, there been a whole explosion of music and costuming; not to mention comics like Girl Genius, who are enjoying a resurgence in popularity.

I, myself, have been bitten by the Steampunk just recently; having bought my first Steampunk album, by Abney Park, as well as attending the new, and only, Steampunk club out here, Clockwork.

Last night, in a random feat of inspiration - and because I couldn'y find a decent karaoke joint in town - I whipped out this little number; me, pulling open my shirt to reveal my clockwork steam punkness.

Try not to be too harsh; it's a rough idea I jotted down in my sketch book. I wanted to work out the logistics of such an undertaking before I do a nice painted piece. All in all, I think it came out pretty good, for a sketch, and can't wait to do a finished one.

Friday, February 20, 2009

Like walking on egg shells... wearing big gothy boots of doom!

It looks like it got a lot tougher to be a political cartoonist, now.

Change I can believe in? No it's not.

From the Conductor's Office: Getting a handle on watercolor...

So I've been goofing around, some more with the watercolor pencils, and I have to say that, for the most part, I'm starting to get the hang of them. Hopefully that's evident by the picture to the left.

Interesting things I have discovered:

1. Layering pre-application of water is kind of pointless.

2. That's okay, though, because you can add more layers after application of water. This is great for adding shading, especially.

3. I'm gonna need a bigger brush if I want to do washed open backgrounds. Brush size has been one of the first things I've had to learn, as too small and you get stutter strokes. You can really see in the background on Justin's left.

4. Sometimes colors look different after other colors surround them. Case in point; that's still the same skin color on Justin as from the "Quiet Drink" picture, just now it's not as yellowish against these colors.

And, yes, if you're wondering; this is the new look for the characters that will take affect in the second story; "The Twisted Case of Station 77". I think we can all agree that this is a huge improvement; especially for Kali.

As of this post, there is 27 days and counting until the relaunch of Neverland Transit Authority and its first title; "Galactic Gun: The Adventures of Justin Bailey"! I'm so nervous I think I'm gonna barf...